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JOHN J. ARMFIELD, or JAMESTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA.

APPLE PARER, CORER, AND SLICER.`

Specification of `Letters Patent No. 26,464, dated Decembert), 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known lthat I, J. J. ARMIIELD, of Jamestown, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Apple Paring and Cutting Device; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the Same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-` Figure l, is a plan or top `view of my invention. Fig. 2, is a side sectional View of the same taken in the line fr, a', Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures. y

This invention relates to a peculiarity connected with the cutting or quartering device whereby the latter, by a simple means, is made to act very efficiently.

The invention consists in attaching the cuttei" that cuts or quarters the peeled apples to a. lever which is connected to another` lever, one end of which is fitted on the arbor of the fork, the parts being so arranged that by actuating the lever to which the cutter is attached for the purpose Of cutting or quartering the apple, the other lever whichis fitted on t-he fork arbor will move toward the cutter and bear against the inner end of the apple and force the same against the advancing cutter.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand `and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a framing which may be constructed in any proper way tO support the working parts of the machine. In the upper part of this framing a lever B, is fitted and secured by a fulcrum pin a, said lever having a horizont-al movement. This lever B, is connected by a link b, to one end of a level' C, which is secured in the upper part of the framing by a fulcrum pin c. The opposite end of lever C, is fitted On the arbor D, of a fork E, on which fork the apple to be peeled is placed. The lever C, is allowed to work or slide freely on the arbor D.

The arbor D, is placed horizontally in the framing A, a crank CZ, being on its outer end and the fork E, at its inner end, as shown plainly in Fig. 1.

To the lever B, a cutter F, is attached. This cutter is formed of a tube e, provided with a cutting edge at its inner end, the tube having radial flanches f,attached,the inner i y: ends of which are also provided with cutting p edges. Any number of flanches fmay`be used, and the tube e, is sufciently large in diameter to receive the core of the apple.

The cutter F, is Opposite to or in line with the fork E, as shown clearly "in Fig. l. Gr, is a knife which is attached to the inner end of a scoop shaped conductor This conductor is secured to a rod I, the` end of which is fitted in -aprojeeting bar J, attached to the framing. To the framing A, directly back of the fork E, an n inclined board K, is attached.` y The operation is as follows TThe apple 7o to be operated on shown in red, is placed on 1` the fork E, and the arbor D, rotatedincon#` sequence of the operator turning the crank d. The rod I, is alsoguided by the operator over the apple as it rotates. The parings pass through` the conductorH, and, fall On the inclined board `K,-`-when the apple is pared. "Theoperator'shovesthe l lever B, inward in the direction indicated by the arrow 1, Fig. `1and the lever C, in

consequence of its connection `with the lever B, as shown `will be simultaneously moved in the opposite direction or toward the lever` B, as indicated 'by arrow2, and the cutter F, will core andslice the peeled apple, the lever C, not only `preventing the cutter F, forcing the apple onthe fork and thereby splitting it but also forcing4 itloff the` fork i i toward the cutter and greatly facilitating the coring and quartering or slicing operation. .l l l I do not claim the arbor D, with its fork E, attached, nor do Iclaim the knifeG, for i,

they or their equivalents have been `previously used, but havingthus described my invention, l y

What I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,`is,

p The combination of the two levers B, C, connected by the link b, one leverB, being provided with thecutter` F, and the other lever C, having one end fitted on the arbor lf), substantially as and for the purpose set orth. l

J OHN J. ARMFIELD.

Witnesses:

JONAS HENRSON, ALBERTG. SHAW, MARTITIA LAMB.

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